Known as Ezulwini’s blue-eyed leopard, Chavaluthu has got to be one of the most beautiful male leopards around. His unique name means ‘afraid of nothing’ in the local language, Tsonga. Brave indeed, this spectacular cat hunted a warthog and settled down to enjoy his hard earned meal in full view of admiring guests at Ezulwini Billy’s…
We consider ourselves very fortunate to be able to show our guests what the wild is all about. It’s a responsibility and a privilege. Any game ranger and guide would agree. Each day there is something new to see, and we might not always see what we expect, but when we are watching lions stalking…
During a 2-week mobile safari through Botswana’s hot, wild landscape, Afrika Ecco Safaris ventured into the magnificent plains of Duma Tau in the Moremi Game Reserve. Duma Tau – meaning “call of the lion” – was just one of the many areas we covered in this revered wildlife destination, but what we saw there made it…
The Kalahari is a place where some of the most interesting relationships between different species is revealed. There is evidence of symbiosis all over the bush, but somewhat famously, the honey badger provides for a variety of different species as it goes about its business foraging through the Kalahari scrub. On a mobile journey with Afrika…
Initially, it looked like we had stumbled upon a buffalo bull and his missus in the throes of passion, but as we got a closer look it turned out that there wasn’t a missus in sight! One big bull was mounting a less mature bull while the rest of the herd went about their buffalo business, grazing…
A pack of Africa’s second-most endangered predators arrived in the area late last week to the detriment of one poor wildebeest. nThambo Tree Camp guests were on their morning game drive when they pulled up to this unusual sighting and watched the ‘playground bullying’ carry out between a couple of trouble makers and a lone…
It’s been pretty hard to keep up with all the love-making happening in the Klaserie over the last month. We’ve got 3 Trilogy males spreading their seed throughout both the Ross and Giraffe pride lionesses, plus, there’s the dominant male in nDzuti Safari Camp domain who is known for killing the River Pride male. And he was caught…
You read right… The Ross Pride is back in old territory, deep in the Klaserie! It is with bated breath that we post this announcement, because we all know this is the wild and anything can happen. The 3 Trilogy lions that chased this pride away over a year ago are a formidable trio, but…
Surprisingly, it didn’t turn out to be much of a search at all! We had the guides who knew the Delta islands like the backs of their hands, and they had honed in on our desperation to see this elusive bird, and to possibly catch it on camera. Our best bet, we were told, would…
The rainy summer season in Botswana has left the Linyanti in a state of lush, green chaos. Right in the north of Chobe National Park on the border of the Caprivi Strip, Camp Linyanti is a haven for elephants, hippos, birds of all sorts, and the secretive habits of the leopard. A visit to this…